Animals and Birds: It's MINE

It's MINE

By birdy - 01/08/2022 10:00 - Australia

Today, after months of trying to persuade her to give it to a wildlife rescue, I reported my stepmother to the authorities for illegally keeping an endangered bird in the kitchen. When they took it, she screamed that I had no right to do that, as she considered it hers since she found it. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/11/2012 23:17 - United States - Killington

Today, I found a wounded turkey in our backyard. I brought it inside, put it in a cage, and tended to its wounds. I then left. When I got back home, I smelled the wonderful aroma of my mother's cooking. She had prepared a turkey, the one I'd rescued. FML

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By Birdwatcher - 18/09/2012 16:19 - United States - Woodstock

Today, I found a tiny, featherless baby bird. I knew it was impossible, but I tried to keep it alive through the day. Before I could get it to the wildlife center, it died, and when I got all choked up over it, my mom started laughing at me and saying how "weak" I was. FML

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By craphanded - 19/07/2011 17:45 - United Kingdom

Today, I saved a bird from being run over as it lay in the middle of the road. Thinking it had a broken wing or something, I started carrying it home, intending to take it to the vet later. It crapped in my hand and flew away. FML

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Apex predator

By Ihatestraycats - 22/07/2023 12:00

Today, after we finished making my 6 year-old daughter a net to catch an injured baby bird, when she went out to catch it she witnessed a stray cat catch and eat it. FML

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By Ketchup - 22/06/2009 06:06 - United States

Today, my brother and I found a little bird that couldn't fly. While trying to convince my mom that it couldn't fly so we could keep it, I lightly tossed it in the air and it landed a few feet in front of me. Then my cat grabbed it and ate it. FML

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By Olive14 - 15/12/2010 06:15

Today, I was caring for a bird that had flown into my window. I thought the poor thing wouldn't make it, when it shit in my hand, flew into my neck, then around my living room for ages before I could manage to get it out of the window. FML

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By 4am blues - 13/07/2015 04:39 - United States - Lehigh Acres

Today, my cat thought it was appropriate to bring a bird into the house at 4 a.m.; the bird thought it was appropriate to attack my mom. FML

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The bird

By Mariah Barnes - 24/07/2020 08:01

Today, I saved a baby bird from the site I work on. It was the runt and did not have any feathers and was neglected by the mother. I took care of it all day at work and planned on taking it to a wildlife reserve after work. Two minutes away from the reserve, we hit a pothole and I dropped it. It died. FML

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Panic in the sheets

By Anonymous - 02/09/2018 03:30

Today, I woke up to my disabled mother screaming for me. Fearing the worst, I hopped out of bed only to find that she was yelling because her cat had brought a field mouse inside as a gift. The problem? It was still alive. I had to get it from him and throw it outside. FML

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By Stewtato - 12/07/2019 22:30

Today, a bat flew into my house. We locked it in my brother's room, complete with cats, and just barely got it back outside alive. We later found out it was an endangered species, so we also narrowly avoided arrest. FML

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TwoBytesCarley 26

Monday 1 August 2022 16:14

I didn’t realize the ‘finder’s keepers’ rule comes into play when it comes to living things..

SamanthaThe1st 22

Monday 1 August 2022 18:46

The ducks in the park are free

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TwoBytesCarley 26

Monday 1 August 2022 16:14

I didn’t realize the ‘finder’s keepers’ rule comes into play when it comes to living things..

SamanthaThe1st 22

Monday 1 August 2022 18:46

The ducks in the park are free

RichardPencil 30

Monday 1 August 2022 20:15

She's keeping a wild bird in the kitchen? Now we know where zoonotic pandemics start.

xxWTFxx1981 23

Tuesday 2 August 2022 0:37

You just don't like your step mother what is the harm in having a pet bird.... you are a hater 😐

CowgirlWithHeart 15

Wednesday 3 August 2022 0:02

Keeping it in captivity removes it from the breeding pool, for an endangered species that can be a hard hit.

J_Free_Woods 28

Tuesday 2 August 2022 4:22

Ask her what the bird eats, ask her what she would have done had it gotten sick? Ask her if she had rather a stranger turn her in and possibly come to the wrong conclusion and thought she was trying to make sure it was healthy so she could sell it on the black market, which may have been a federal violation of the lacy act. Ask her if she fed the bird the wrong food and accidentally killed it how she would have felt?